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HUMAN IGNORANCE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHAT MORTAL KNOWS
Last Line: HAS EVER SOLVED THE MYSTERY OF SLEEP?
Subject(s): SLEEP;
WHAT mortal knows
Whence come the tint and odor of the rose?
What probing deep
Has ever solved the mystery of sleep?



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